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Incident
Sheriff Sheneman was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspect wanted for murdering Constable Daniel Weiser, of the Valley Falls Police Department, earlier in the month. The suspect had gone to Cowley County and asked a Udall Station rancher for work. The rancher allowed the man to board at his house and work. After a week's time the rancher saw wanted posters describing the man and alerted Sheriff Sheneman, who came to the ranch posing as a doctor. After determining the man and the suspect were one-in-the-same Sheriff Sheneman attempted to grab him from behind. The suspect was able to break free and shoot Sheriff Sheneman was a revolver. The suspect was apprehended at the scene after being held down by the Sheriff and the other men in the house. He was taken to a series of local jails for his own protection before a mob of citizens eventually took control of him and hung off of a railroad bridge. Sheriff Sheneman's wounds were tended to but he succumbed to the gunshot wounds eight days later. Sheriff Sheneman was Union Civil War Veteran who served as a private with the 7th Illinois Calvary, Company I.
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sheriff Sheneman served with the Cowley County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Winfield community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Military Service
Albert Taylor Sheneman served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Sheriff Albert Taylor Sheneman is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In KS, 237 of 335 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Cowley County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 3 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Albert Taylor Sheneman's cause is highlighted.
How Albert Taylor Sheneman Compares
Offender Outcome
Lynched by mob
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Albert Taylor Sheneman is highlighted in Feb.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Albert Taylor Sheneman was killed by handgun; revolver.
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